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Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!

Bertolt Brecht

The fate of man is man.
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Fate Men Trust
Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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Fall Heaven Snow
A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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Art Heart Order Philosophy
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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Peace Storm War Wind
Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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Giving Love Wish
He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
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Fighting Loses Lost
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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Be Good Temptation Terrible
What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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Joy Nightmare One Other
Don’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.
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Confusion Humanity Impossible
In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.
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Adequately Great Recognized Understanding
People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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Long People Silly
Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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Thinking War Writing
For art to be ‘unpolitical’ means only to ally itself with the ‘ruling’ group.
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Allies Art Mean
Everyone needs help from everyone.
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Collaboration Helping Needs
Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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Bad Good Luck
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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Defeat Sunset Victory

Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!

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